Associations to the word «Determinative»
Noun
- Noun
- Outcome
- Meaning
- Sign
- Word
- Symbol
- Gardiner
- Element
- Category
- Or
- Manual
- Wilkins
- Language
- Radical
- Court
- Complement
- Egyptian
- Read
- Character
- Case
- Spelling
- Suffix
- Name
- Factor
- Script
- Baltimore
- Judgment
- Usage
- Graph
- Verb
- Consideration
- Decision
- Appeal
- Williams
- Context
- Jurisdiction
- Gender
- Principle
- Reading
- Stick
- Text
- Majority
- Question
- Letter
- Ed
- Person
- Self
- Analysis
- God
- Conflict
- Law
- Use
- Purpose
- Statement
- Form
- Constitution
- Expression
- Non
- Example
- Technique
- Edition
- Claim
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
DETERMINATIVE, noun. (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
DETERMINATIVE, noun. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Examples of determinatives include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each).
DETERMINATIVE, adjective. Determining (deciding) something.
Dictionary definition
DETERMINATIVE, noun. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases.
DETERMINATIVE, noun. A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life".
DETERMINATIVE, adjective. Having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle".
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.